Your "Professional" Mercedes driving instructor...

[jason at scirocco.org (Jason)]

Mmmm... Brabus.

They did an E60 Wagon that I would LOVE to have.  IIRC, it was a 6-liter V8 
with like 450hp in an E-class wagon.  They had to limit it to 320km/h 
(198mph) because no one could make tires that would withstand higher speeds 
and that weight.  Anything you have to *limit* to 200mph should be illegal.

Brabus is the best.  Well, except I believe it was a Brabus V12 Mercedes 
that killed Don Schroeder. :(

Jason



At 10:32 AM 5/23/2003, Gordon Forbess wrote:
>How about 612HP.. with a back seat.
>http://mbspy.bacosys.be/c215cl65amg.htm
>
>Or in the "zweisitzer" SL version
>http://mbspy.bacosys.be/r230sl65.htm
>
>Nice to know that if it seems too "ordinary" to have a production car,
>just cough up another $88,000 or so and get Brabus to tweak it to
>640HP.  Too bad they are "Euro only" :-)
>
>Gordon
>75 Mk I/Drake 1.9
>
>
>On Fri, 23 May 2003 09:44:51 -0400, Jason <jason@scirocco.org> wrote:
>
> >That would be the twin-turbo V12 SL600.  Mercedes is outta control with the
> >power!  The old normally aspirated 389hp 48-valve V12 was fast as
> >shit.  This is just ridiculous! :)
> >
> >SL 600:
> >         5.5L Twin-Turbo 36V V12
> >         493 horsepower
> >         590 pound-feet of torque @ 1800rpm (!!!)
> >         Mfr Claim:  0-60 in 4.7s
> >
> >SL55 AMG:
> >         5.5L Supercharged 24V V8
> >         493 horsepower also
> >         516 pound-feet of torque
> >         Mfr Claim:  0-60 in 4.7s
> >
> >(The AMG gets to 60 in the same time despite the torque defecit by wearing
> >a numerically higher final drive ratio).  And that's not a typo, they both
> >have the same peak HP output.